“Nine hundred and two residents took 15 minutes out of their day to come out and help their community and do the right thing,” Patterson said Friday in a weekly update on the coronavirus in Clark County. “I told my staff I was happier than I have been in a long time after Wednesday to see that many citizens come out.”
Wednesday’s turnout was more than double the number of people at the district’s first clinic on July 8. At that clinic, 470 people showed up to be tested. Of those tested, six results came back positive for COVID-19, according to Patterson.
One positive result had been returned from a small sample size of tests from the Perrin Woods Elementary School clinic as of Friday afternoon, Patterson said.
Patterson said the district is continuing to encourage residents to come out and get tested, even if they aren’t symptomatic.
“We are still thinking we can (test) 1,000 of our citizens next Wednesday,” Patterson said.
The district’s final scheduled free clinic will be held on July 22 from noon until 6 p.m. at La Condesa Grocery #1 located at 440 S. Burnett Rd. in Springfield. Patterson said the district is going to try to make the clinic drive-thru in an attempt to bring even more residents out.
“Because of the parking lot and because of the situation we are going to try to do a drive-thru clinic. Some people have been asking us about that, so we are really going to work hard to try to put a drive-thru clinic together for our citizens,” Patterson said.
As of Friday, the Ohio Department of Health reported 72,280 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the state. The state saw 1,679 new cases from Thursday — which is more than the state’s 21-day average of 1,126 cases per day.
Hospitalization also increased to 9,445 with 121 new admissions reported Friday, according to the ODH. ICU admissions increased by 25 for a total of 2,305.
Clark County had 868 cases, 10 deaths and one probable death, of the coronavirus as of Friday afternoon, according to ODH’s website.
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